4/7. There are no industry norms and few guidance documents to inform the decision about how much to pay, or how to pay Research Participants. The vacuum is filled with folklore and diverse practices.

5/7. Many different arguments are used to justify both payment and non-payment decisions, sometimes with little rigour.

6/7. There is little evidence to show that payment increases recruitment and retention of Research Participants, and this is not always why payments are made anyway.

7/7. Payments for research participation overlap with payments for some other activities. Applying the payment rates designed for Public Contributors to Research Participants could treat people well and increase the cost one hundredfold.

Some authors have suggested that gaining support from the Research Ethics Committee is a one-time event. How often do researchers go back to the REC with a proposed amendment during a study? Has anyone counted?

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Sent to my MP: Please stop the Government sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. It is a shameful abuse of power, breaches international law on refugees, punishes the victims of crime rather than the perpetrators, deprives our country of talent and won't work.

Is this the most up to date statement suggesting when Public Contributors should be asked to undergo a DBS check? Since the Police Act 1997 makes it illegal to ask for an unnecessary check, it's important to get it right. See myresearchproject.org.uk/help/help%20do…

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How do you publish your Community Asset Map and meet your confidentiality and copyright obligations? Do these rules get in the way of coproduction? Thanks for your thoughts on this.

Finally got around to writing a brief introduction to Citizen Ethicists - peterbates.org.uk/citizen-ethici…

I asked NHS England for their resources related to a course they are running on how to engage with patients and the public. It turns out that they are secret and can only be shared with NHS staff. Coproduction? All my stuff is free at peterbates.org.uk/home/linking-a…